Spoke connection



Sept. 9 1924. 1,507,615

H. H. MOSIER SPOKE .CONNECTION Filed May 19. 1925 f4 Magier,

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Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

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Application filed May 19, 1923. Serial No. 639,994.

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Be it known that I, HORACE H. Mosrnn,`

wherein the rigidity and life of the wheel will be materially increased, the invention being characterized by its simplicity of con struction and inexpensiveness of manufac ture, and one that will embrace at the same time, the desired features of efficiency and durability.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detailed description is read in con f nection with the accompanying drawingsl the invention residing in the constructiony combination, and arrangement of parts ai claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this application, like numerals of reference indicate similarA parts in the several views, and wherein: j

Figure l is a fragmentary side elevation of a vehicle wheel equipped with my spoke.

Figure 2 is a detail cross section there of, and n Figures 3 and 4 are perspectives of certain elements comprised in my invention.

Referring to the drawings, 5 indicates the wooden rim or felly of a vehicle'wheel, ti the usual metal band in position upon the rim or felly, and 7 oneof the wheel spokes. In the furtherance of my invention, the upper end of the spoke 7 is reduced in diameter for providinga circular shoulder 8 adjacent the upper end thereof. The rim or felly 5 in direct alinement with the spoke is provided with a vertical bore 9, into which is engaged a headed and screw threaded bolt 10, it being noted that the head of this bolt is provided with a cross slot 1l for obvious purposes, and that this head is countersunk into the rim or felly 5. It will be of course necessary that the metal band 6 be removed from the wheel to enable thebolts 10 to be positioned within their openings. Positioned over the reduced end of the said l spoke 7 is the lower socketed end of a rod section l2, this bar section being circular in cross section, and of a diameter equivalent `to the diameter of thev adjacent portion of the spoke 7, it being noted that the lower end of this rod section rests upon the shoulder 8 of the spoke formed by the reduced portion.- The upper end ofthe memsocket 13, into which is engaged the screw threaded end of the bolt 10, this engagement being occasioned through the turning of the bolt within the rim or felly before the band 6 has *been again applied to the wheel. Upon the top side of the rod section 7 and separated therefrom by a washer 14, is a jam nut lthat engages over said `bolt 10, and in view of the above description, it will at once be apparent that when the wheel is assembled as in Figures'l and 2, the jam nut l5 may be released for per'- mitting of a turning movement tol the rod section 12,`through the medium of any suitable form of tool for consequently adjusting the wheel hub and rim or felly withA ber l2 is formed with a screw threaded f' respect to each other. As' soon as the propv er adjustment has been obtained, the'jam nut '15 is turned downwardly uponthe upper end of the rod section.

I have sho-wn my spoke as associated with wheels including a wooden felly, it being of course understood that this form of spoke may be advantageously employed in connection with wheels wherein the outer rims or fellies are of steel or other metal. In this connection it is necessary that the rims or fellies bel properly punched to'receive the spokes.

Numerous advantages of a spoke of this character will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art, and although I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment'of the present invention, it is nevertheless `to be understood thatminor changes may be made therein, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by spoke spaced from the telly, there being provided n the feily an openingpassing transversely' therethrough and l:inlined with the spoke,'a. socket member mounted upon the spoke and interposed between the end of the spoke and the fe11y,ra bolt received in the opening of the felly and having its outer end flush with the periphery of the felly,

the innerl end of the bolt being threaded and being` received in the socket member, a jamb 10 y nut threaded upon the bolt and disposed between the socket member and the telly, and a. tire rim surrounding the telly and disposed over the outer end of the bolt.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HORACE H. MOSIER. 

